23 August: Dutch F-16 scrambled to accompany a Northwest Airlines plane back to Schiphol Airport because 12 Indian passengers were behaving “suspiciously”. Police have now cleared them of any wrong-doing.

25 August: Continental Airlines flight from Texas to California is held in El Paso after a panel is found missing in the lavatory.

25 August: American Airlines flying from UK to US diverted to Maine. because of a “reported threat”.